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Nebraska Political & Non Profit Financial Intelligence
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PETE FESTERSEN

Nonpartisan / not listed
Omaha - City Council - 1 · City Council · committee: FESTERSEN FOR CITY COUNCIL
Total raised (NADC)
$225,002
Sum of receipts filed with NADC for 2025–26 cycle (partial). Data synced 2026-10-24.
Head-to-head
No other candidate in this race for this period.

Where the money came from

Source typeAmountShare
Organization & committee contributions (itemized ties)$124,67355.4%
Individuals & all other receipts$100,32944.6%
Via ActBlue: $22,240 in earmarked individual contributions. This is part of the individual rows above, not extra money.
Source: Nebraska Accountability & Disclosure Commission (NADC) filings, 2025–26 cycle (partial).

In-state vs out-of-state

Nebraska: $208,597 (90.1%) · Out of state: $22,905 (9.9%)
Itemized receipts with an address only. Only state totals are shown; no ZIP-level figures, so no ZIP with fewer than 5 donors can be identified.

Outside spending (independent expenditures)

Supporting: $10,448 · Opposing: $0
DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTYSupport$9,375
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC PARTYSupport$909
BOLD ALLIANCE INCSupport$164
Plains Ledger independent-expenditure import. Spending is counted separately for each candidate it names: one ad backing one candidate and opposing another is reported for both, and these totals are not added together.

Top organization & PAC contributors

OrganizationTypeDirect
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS (IBEW) PAC VOLUNTARY FUND C00027342 (union)PAC$10,000
FIREFIGHTERS FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT (union)PAC$10,000
MUTUAL OF OMAHABusiness$5,000
GREATER OMAHA PACKING COMPANY INCBusiness$5,000
COX COMMUNICATIONSBusiness$5,000
AMES PLAZA LLCBusiness$5,000
HAWKINS CONSTRUCTION COMPANYBusiness$5,000
WARHORSE GAMING LLCBusiness$4,500
STEAMFITTERS AND PLUMBERS LU 464 PAC FUND (union)PAC$3,500
ALLIANCE OMAHA SOCCER DBA UNION OMAHABusiness$3,000
GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER PACPAC$2,500
JASPER STONE PARTNERSBusiness$2,500
FIRST NATIONAL OF NEBRASKA PACPAC$2,500
NEBRASKA HORSEMENS & BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ASSN (HBPA)501(c)(6) trade group$2,500
NE & SW IOWA BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL (union)501(c)(5) union$2,500
📌NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC PARTYParty committee$1,664
Organizations only. Individual donors are never named, and conduits such as ActBlue and WinRed are not listed as donors. Pinned organizations are always shown.

Filings & sources